New opening footbridge at Netherton, near Temple

The Cloberhill Lock flight deteriorated into very poor condition after the canal was closed, in fact the bottom two locks were infilled completely and it took a lot of work to get the flight back in working order

This picture shows the view looking along the line of the infilled canal towards lock 32. The canal has been reinstated to the west of its original line here, with the new Blairdardie Road running parallel to it

Great Western Road crossing, shown here while still a blockage

This new bridge now takes the canal under the dual carriageway at Great Western Road

The view looking down the Boghouse lock flight towards Duntreath Avenue. The locks were still in a very bad state in 1993 when this picture was taken

New gates have since been installed here, and the locks are looking in much better condition

Boghouse Lock 36 was, until recently, infilled next to Duntreath Avenue. The lock's wall can be seen protruding from the ground on the right of this picture. In the distance is lock 35, still in water, with a new footbridge across the tail

This view shows the same place 4 years later, with the lock restored and back in water

The canal was culverted at Duntreath Avenue, with a pedestrian underpass

This blockage was replaced by a bridge in May 2000. Beyond it can be seen the restored lock 36 at the foot of the Boghouse flight

Through Clydebank, the canal acts as a sort of linear park, with nicely landscaped banks

The huge boat on the offside bank by Argyll Road bridge is actually a fish and chip shop! The bridge itself has been rebuilt to give more headroom since the picture was taken, and the shop has opened a "sail-thru" window on the water side!

The canal forms an attractive central feature in the Clydebank shopping precinct, and it's lucky that it wasn't filled in altogether here. The fixed bridge in the picture has now been turned into a hydraulically operated vertical lift bridge

A particularly tricky blockage to remove was the culvert under the main Glasgow to Dumbarton road at Dalmuir, with the road only a few feet above water level. A drop lock, the first one in Europe, had to be built to lower the canal under the road

This swing bridge once took road traffic across the canal to the Erskine Ferry, before it was replaced by the Erskine Bridge. It was restored to working order in 2001

The canal has a pleasantly rural feel to it as it nears Bowling. In this picture, Ferrydyke Bascule Bridge and the Erskine high level bridge are both visible in the distance

At Bowling alone, the locks and bridges were maintained in working order after the canal closed. The basins full of boats acted as an inspiration to those campaigning to have the rest of the canal reopened

The huge metal bridge is the old Caledonian Railway swingbridge, no longer in use. The canal was owned by the Caledonian Railway Company at one time

The basins at Bowling are used for winter moorings by people who have boats on the Clyde. The original sealock 39 is disused but a newer lock, number 40, provides access to the canal through Bowling Harbour